I see “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by Mark Twain as more of a glorification modern progress. Twains main character in the story is called “Hank Morgan”; he gets a knock on the head and wakes up only to find himself in the nineteenth century. When Hank learns of what has happened, he thinks of himself as superior to all the people around him due to him having advanced knowledge of the future that eventually helps him trick people into believing whatever he wants them to believe. Hank uses knowledge of future technology too, to arouse the simple minds of the people.
Hank used his technological advancement in numerous ways to convince the people he was a sorcerer like making a telephone line and gunpowder. One of Hank’s thoughts as the way he interprets his current situation "Here I was — a giant among pygmies, a man among children, a master intelligence among intellectual moles; by all rational measurements the only actually great man in the whole British world." (Hank, 61) Because he
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Hank describes his men’s work “We had another large departure on hand, too. This was a telegraph and a telephone; our first venture in this line. These wires were for private service only, as yet, and must be kept private until a riper day should come. We had a gang of men on the road, working mainly by night. They were stringing ground wires; we were afraid to put up poles, for they would attract too much inquiry.” (Hank, 80) Hank successfully assembles a trusted army under his hands and they all follow him because they believe that he is some kind of sorcerer. Hank keeps growing in popularity among the people through these ways. Hank also becomes known as “The Boss” which he calls himself because of what he thinks of himself. The way Hank incorporates modern telephone technology in the past is one example of how Mark Twain glorifies modern technology.